Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District Explained

Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:43.8667°N -93.0508°W
Location:Main Street E. between Highway Avenue and 2nd Avenue NE, Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Area:5.2acres
Built:1893–1932
Architecture:Late Victorian, Late-19th and 20th-Century Revivals
Refnum:94000832
Added:August 5, 1994

The Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District is a designation applied to the historic downtown of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 20 contributing properties built between 1893 and 1932.[1] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for having local significance in the theme of commerce.[2] It was nominated for being an unusually intact business district of an agricultural trade center on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad.

The Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District comprises both sides of Main Street East for a distance of two blocks.

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Notes and References

  1. Granger . Susan . Patricia Murphy . [{{NRHP url|id=94000832}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District ]. National Park Service . September 1993 . 2018-03-24.
  2. Web site: Blooming Prairie Commercial Historic District . Minnesota National Register Properties Database . Minnesota Historical Society . 2009 . 2018-03-24.